BURTON, MI -- Dr. Samuel Dismond, a physician for more than 50 years in Flint, will be honored during the 11th Annual Community Salute at IMA Brookwood in Burton.

The event hosted by the IMA Recreation Association is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at IMA Brookwood, 6045 Davison Road, and will include guest speakers such as Janice Dismond and Brenda Sweetman -- Dismond's wife and daughter.

Dismond came to Flint in 1960, training at St. Joseph Hospital, which now stands as Genesys, before opening a private practice two years later on Saginaw Street, according to Flint Journal records, and later moving to an office on Pierson Road.

He's also worked at Hurley Medical Center, was named the first African-American chief of staff at the hospital in 1995 and still sits on the Hurley Board of Managers.

Tickets are $100 each for the event, with sponsorships available for $300. For information, visit www.imarecreation.org or contact Diane Wojciechowski at the IMA Recreation Association at (810) 249-7060 or email dwojo@imarecreation.org.Roberto can be reached by phone at 810-429-3865, email at racosta1@mlive.com, on Facebook at Roberto Acosta Journalist or on Twitter @racostaJourno.